Man In Jail After Confessing to Murder of Wife Wins Election (stats, death)
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There's bad people on both sides of the aisle. The latest version of that is Andrew Wilhoite who recently won a local election in Indiana in spite of the fact that he is in jail after confessing to the murder of his wife. He killed her with a flower pot then dumped her body in a nearby creek.
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Andrew Wilhoite initially denied any involvement in her killing, police told local news outlets. Indiana State Police wrote in court documents he later confessed to killing his wife with a flower pot. Wilhoite was nominated by Clinton Township voters to fill a spot as township supervisor. There were three open spots, and three people running for supervisor, according to the Indianapolis Star.
His wife, Nikki Wilhoite, had cancer. They had a blended family of three children. Both families have a history of being involved in local politics. Andrew Wilhoite was on the ballot to fill one of three vacant seats on the Clinton Township supervisor board, and only three people were running in the primary, according to the Boone County, Indiana 2022 Primary Election Results.
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A total of 276 Clinton Township voters turned out to vote, and 60 of those voters, or 21.74%, voted for Wilhoite. The two other candidates also running on the GOP ticket were Bradley J. Smith, who secured 110 votes, and Michael Young, who secured 106 votes. STATS Indiana indicates Clinton Township has a population of 906.
According to Heavy.com, if he is elected in the general election before being convicted, he could theoretically serve on the board from jail. I put this in the P&OC forum because of his political connections. He's not an evil murdering bastard because he's a Republican. His politics have nothing to do with his murdering ways. It's a crappy situation for the town though. I add tis because of how many folks here seem to think people's political ideology has anything to do with the fact that they are criminals.
The poor woman. She had just had her last chemotherapy treatment right before the scumbag killed her. I hope he spends the rest of his miserable life in prison.
Unfortunately, there is no alternative...publicly electing people to positions of power and authority are one of the founding principles of this country, what would happen if we try to change that, for any reason?
The fact is, this guy won the election, more people voted for him...its that simple, you either support 'public elections' or you dont, once you start placing all sorts of restrictions and hurdles on people running for positions, it changes the process into something it was not supposed to be.
There must be a good reason why so many of his fellow citizens picked him over the other guy too. Him being in jail doesnt mean squat in that context, its the citizens decision ultimately.
The fact is, this guy won the election, more people voted for him...its that simple, you either support 'public elections' or you dont, once you start placing all sorts of restrictions and hurdles on people running for positions, it changes the process into something it was not supposed to be.
He confessed to the murder though. And there are restrictions on who can run or not. Confessing to a murder seems like it should make you ineligible to run for public office at least until you serve your time.
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He confessed to the murder though. And there are restrictions on who can run or not. Confessing to a murder seems like it should make you ineligible to run for public office at least until you serve your time.
Innocent until proven guilty.
States laws are stiffer than federal laws in allowing convicted felons to run. States generally won't allow someone who is serving their time to run but will allow them to run after they serve their time...not so much with federal.
After serving his time, convicted killer Eddie Gibbs ran and won New York state Assembly.
A convicted felon can run for the office of president, even while still in prison or serving a life sentence. There have been more than a few imprisoned convicted felons who have run, many had even gotten votes too.
For the senate, Leonard Richards was, and still is, serving a life sentence without parole for a double murder. He ran against Klobuchar. He lost after only getting a few thousand votes.
He confessed to the murder though. And there are restrictions on who can run or not. Confessing to a murder seems like it should make you ineligible to run for public office at least until you serve your time.
Confessing isn't a conviction. He still has all the rights of Innocent until PROVEN guilty.
Sure the outcome seems pretty much set that he will be convicted. But it's not there yet, and who knows what could happen. If he did it I don't think Prison is good enough, but I am sure his confession and plea would take the death penalty(if it was a possibility) off the table. So I do hope he spends a lot of time in Prision.
He was one of 3 running for 3 spots, even if he got 1 vote it seems as if he would technically have won. But once he is convicted per the article posted he will no longer be able to serve if he even makes it to the General Election. Maybe after some additional reflection, he will withdraw on his own.
This is the second thread about this man who won a total of 60 votes.
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